Yellow Creek Conservation Area
Yellow Creek Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mound Bogard stands 290 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 99 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Missouri Department of Conservation
How to reach it
- 99.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 171.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
99 named places within 25 miles
- Hale Public Park: 6.6 mi
- Bosworth River Access: 7.6 mi
- Bosworth Park: 9.2 mi
- Corner Park: 9.3 mi
- Bosworth R-5 Park: 9.6 mi
- Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Little Compton Lake Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
- Sumner Access: 4.9 mi
- Helen K Wiese Conservation Area: 8.4 mi
- Nannie B. Floyd Memorial Conservation Area: 10.7 mi
- Asper: 13.6 mi
- Cream Ridge: 19.1 mi
- Cleary: 19.9 mi
- Wakenda: 20.1 mi
- Fisher: 20.4 mi
- Wall of Honor: 14.7 mi
- War Memorial: 16.5 mi
- old fountain: 21.1 mi
- First Methodist Church: 22.8 mi
- Time Capsule Stone: 22.9 mi
- Walt Disney Hometown Museum: 17.5 mi
- General Sterling Price Museum: 18.2 mi
- Carroll County Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- American Legion Post 57: 22.7 mi
- Coen Hotel: 22.7 mi
- Maxie, The World's Largest Goose: 5.2 mi
- American War Mothers Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Brookfield Pepsi-Cola Mural: 16.2 mi
- Stone M: 17.4 mi
- Tiger Statue: 17.5 mi
- Stokes Mound: 13.7 mi
- Round Tater Hill: 16.5 mi
- Long Tater Hill: 16.9 mi
- Mound Bogard: 18.5 mi
- Shields Hill: 19.6 mi
- Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad #2546: 17.4 mi
- ATSF Depot: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Creek Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Bogard | WSW 245° | 290 m | 18.5 mi |
| Stokes Mound | W 273° | 277 m | 13.7 mi |
| Long Tater Hill | W 261° | 273 m | 16.9 mi |
| Round Tater Hill | W 261° | 252 m | 16.5 mi |
| Shields Hill | SSW 212° | 241 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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